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Women Working: National Women's Trade Union League of America Website

Women Working: National Women's Trade Union League of America Website

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Harvard University

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Women Working: National Women's Trade Union League of America

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An explanation of the formation of the National Women's Trade Union League of America that brought together working class women and professional women. Read about what their goals were for women in the workforce. Find links to primary source material concerning women in the workplace.

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labor strikes, women in the workplace, working conditions for women, women's trade union league, garment industry workers, working-class feminism

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